Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 40, October 5, 2024
Section 1051.27 - Providing out-of-hospital DNR bracelet or necklace(a)Bracelet and necklace. A patient's attending physician may provide to the patient, or to the patient's surrogate for the patient, an out-of-hospital DNR bracelet or necklace, or both, if the physician has issued or is issuing an out-of-hospital DNR order for the patient and the patient or the surrogate requests the item.(b)Order also required. A patient's attending physician may not provide an out-of-hospital DNR bracelet or necklace for the patient without also issuing, or having issued, an out-of-hospital DNR order for the patient.(c)Department vendor. A patient's attending physician may provide to or for the patient only an out-of-hospital DNR bracelet or necklace produced by a vendor with which the Department has contracted to produce the bracelet or necklace.The provisions of this §1051.27 amended February 6, 2004, effective 2/7/2004, 34 Pa.B. 677.